US officials: Youth shot by Border Patrol agent had record as smuggler - El Paso Times
EL PASO — A Juárez teenager shot and killed Monday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent had a history of smuggling immigrants across the border, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
The uproar over the death of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, 15, intensified Wednesday with protests, vigils and an eyewitness video showing the deadly confrontation on the Rio Grande.
Hernández was shot by an agent who was allegedly being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest near the Paso del Norte Bridge.
In Juárez, family and friends of Hernández grieved at his casket during a memorial in the family’s small home. The boy’s father had described him as a student, not a troublemaker.
But U.S. federal law enforcement officials say Hernández was among youthful guides who help “coyotes,” or smugglers, sneak undocumented immigrants across the border.
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Lots more about the incident and protests at the link.